MC Hammer: Please IRS, don’t hurt me (anymore)

Speaking of celebrities’ money issues, M.C. Hammer, contrary to stories that he’s in “serious financial trouble” says he doesn’t owe $671,000 (reportedly owed in back taxes to the IRS and the state of California.

Says he’s paid “100 percent of the IRS claim” on a 15-year-old case, and intends to fight the IRS demand.

The Oakland native, real name Stanley Burrell, is still in business in the Bay Area, with his ‘Bust-It Productions’ studio headquarters in Fremont. He lives with his family in Tracy.